Observations and model simulations of snow albedo reduction in seasonal snow due to insoluble light-absorbing particles during 2014 Chinese survey

Wang, Xin; Pu, Wei; Ren, Yong; Zhang, Xuelei; Zhang, Xueying; Shi, Jinsen; Jin, Hongchun; Dai, Mingkai; Chen, Quanliang

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-2279-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-2279-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-2279-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 3

Research article

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14 Feb 2017

Research article |

| 14 Feb 2017

Observations and model simulations of snow albedo reduction in seasonal snow due to insoluble light-absorbing particles during 2014 Chinese survey

Xin Wang, Wei Pu, Yong Ren, Xuelei Zhang, Xueying Zhang, Jinsen Shi, Hongchun Jin, Mingkai Dai, and Quanliang Chen

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Preprint (discussion started on 21 Sep 2016)

Interactive discussion

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Interactive comment on “Snow albedo reduction in seasonal snow due to anthropogenic dust and carbonaceous aerosols across northern China” by Wang et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 26 Oct 2016
- AC1: 'Response to Referee #1', X. Wang, 29 Dec 2016
- AC3: 'Response to Referee #1', X. Wang, 29 Dec 2016
SC1: 'Short comment on Wang et al.', Cenlin He, 31 Oct 2016
- AC2: 'Response to Cenlin He’s comments', X. Wang, 29 Dec 2016
RC2: 'Review of Wang et al.,', Anonymous Referee #2, 10 Nov 2016
- AC4: 'Response to Referee #2', X. Wang, 29 Dec 2016

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Xin Wang on behalf of the Authors (05 Jan 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (Editor review) (09 Jan 2017) by Leiming Zhang

AR by Xin Wang on behalf of the Authors (16 Jan 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (16 Jan 2017) by Leiming Zhang

AR by Xin Wang on behalf of the Authors (20 Jan 2017) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

A 2014 snow survey was performed across northeastern China to analyze light absorption of ILAPs in seasonal snow, and modeling studies were conducted to compare snow albedo reduction due to assumptions of internal–external mixing of BC in snow and different snow grain shapes. The results show that the simulated snow albedos from both SAMDS and SNICAR agree well with the observed values at low ILAP mixing ratios, but they tend to be higher than surface observations at high ILAP mixing ratios.